Ochna.] xxxm. ochnace^e. 365 
1-celled, i-ovuled. Fruit 3 to 10 black drapes on enlarged red 
disc. Species 20, tropical Africa and Asia. 
(1) O. grandis Ridl. Journ. Roy. Hs. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 83. 
A low-branched tree, 20 ft. tall. Leaves deep shining green, 
elliptic acuminate blunt; nerves horizontal numerous faint, 4 to 
5 in. wide, 1*5 to 2 in. long; petioles # i2 in. long. Stipules lanceo¬ 
late. Flowers 2 or 3 in axillary cymes; peduncles '5 in. long; 
pedicels 1*25 in. long. Sepals oblong 75 in. long. Petals large 
yellow. Stamens '5 in. long; anthers very small. Disc over 
■25 in. wide. Hab. Heaths, Perlis, Ginting Kabok. Dislnb. 
S. Siam.- 
2 . GOMPHIA, Schreb. 
Medium trees or large shrubs. Leaves alternate coriaceous 
shining 2-stipulate. Flowers yellow, red, or white in axillary or 
terminal racemes or umbels. Sepals 5 persistent. Petals 5 im¬ 
bricate. Disc thick lobed. Stamens 10 inserted at base of disc; 
filaments very short; anthers opening by terminal pores. Ovary 
deeply 4- to 6-lobed, lobes x-celled, i-ovuled; styles connate. 
Stigma simple. Drupes 5 or fewer on a broad disc. Species 80, 
chiefly S. American. 
Flowers in diffuse panicles, yellow . . - (i) G. sumatrana 
Flowers in fascicles of 3, yellow; leaves very 
narrow. (2) G. microphylla 
Flowers in corymbs red . . . . (3) G* Hookeri 
Flowers smaller in umbels, white . . . . (4) G. corymbosa 
(1) G. sumatrana Jack, Mai. Misc. No. 5, p. 29; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i. 525; King, l.c. 232. 
A tree about 40 ft. tall. Trunk stout. Leaves elliptic-oblong 
acuminate narrowed to base or rounded, edges serrulate at upper 
end, main nerves very numerous and free, reticulations as fine 
intra-marginal nerves conspicuous 1 to 2 pairs, deep shining green 
3-5 to 7 in. long, 1*15 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long. Panicles 
terminal lax spreading 8 in. long; branches distant. Flowers 
bright or pale yellow, *35 in. across. Sepals ovate narrow. Petals 
larger oblong retuse. Anthers longer than filaments. Ovaries 5 ; 
styles connate. Drupes obovate or reniform. Hab. Common in 
the low country. Singapore, Bukit Timah (Hullett, Wallich). 
Johor, Kota Tinggi (Feilding); Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Malacca, 
Bukit Panchur (Derry). Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Tahan River. 
Dindings (Wallich). Perak, Larut; and Goping (Kunstler). Penang, 
Government Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. Native 
names : Mata Ketam Batu ; Murmagong; Libu; Luis ; Siburu; 
Janggut Keli; Kelat Ampedu Jawa; Kelat Pagar Anak ; Mendapor, 
(2) G. microphylla Ridl. (Fig. 38, p. 366.) 
Fair-sized tree. Leaves close set coriaceous narrow lanceolate 
acute, base narrow, serrulate; nerves invisible, midrib elevate on 
